ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
home; household; family; hearth
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
primary school; elementary school; grade school
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
senior high school; high school
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
enterprise; business; company; corporation
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
now; the present time; just now; another; more
declining birth rate; decline in the number of children; sub-replacement fertility
society; the world; the times
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
you could say; you might say; verging on the
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
the front; honest; upright; decent
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
by myself; in person; by oneself
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
don't you think?; indicates question
assertiveness; positiveness; initiative; spirit of enterprise
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
always; constantly; at all times; habitually